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Computed Tomography Scan Overestimates the Size of Pericardial Effusion Compared to Echocardiography

Objective: Pericardial effusion is not an uncommon finding in hospitalized patients. Many pericardial effusions are found incidentally through computed tomography (CT) performed for other indications. Echocardiography is usually ordered when an incidentally discovered pericardial effusion is found o...

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Autores principales: Moustafa, Abdelmoniem, Liu, Xinlu, Ye, Feng, Khuder, Sadik, Alhazmi, Luai, Youssef, Eslam, Alim, Hussam, Alsamman, Mohd Amer, Khan, Mohammad S, Eltahawy, Ehab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6758974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31565591
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5182